Review: EVGA SC17 1070 Gaming Laptop

Conclusion

The arrival of Nvidia's 10-series mobile GPUs has given laptop manufacturers renewed impetus in launching gaming-grade hardware.

Hoping to establish itself as a prominent player in the gaming laptop arena, EVGA has refreshed its high-end SC17 laptop by ejecting the outgoing GTX 980M and employing the considerably faster GeForce GTX 1070.

The end result holds no surprises. Graphics performance goes up by 50 per cent, gaming at the native UHD resolution becomes a real possibility, and when you factor in the same same supporting cast - Intel Core i7-6820HK, 32GB DDR4, 256GB SSD and 4K IPS display - you get a formidable 17.3in PC.

Plenty to like for performance purists, though as tends to be the case with gaming laptops, there are a few provisos to be aware of. The price tag, first and foremost, has soared to £2,900, and while the GPU upgrade is a welcome change, EVGA's target audience may have hoped for an all-singing, all-dancing GTX 1080 partnered to a G-Sync display.

EVGA SC17 (GTX 1070)

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The EVGA SC17 gaming laptop with GeForce GTX 1070 graphics is available to purchase from Scan Computers.

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